CertainPlaces · Specialized

Guadalmedina

river that runs through the city of Málagarío que atraviesa la ciudad de Málaga

Comes from Arabic

وَادِي المَدِينَة

wādī al-madīna

“the river of the city”«el río de la ciudad»

Arabic today says

نَهْر المَدِينَة

nahr al-madīna

Root

و د ي

w-d-y

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

It reads as a whole phrase: guad (river) + al (the) + medina (city). The same madīna is in Medinaceli and Medina Sidonia.Se lee como una frase entera: guad (río) + al (la) + medina (ciudad). La misma madīna está en Medinaceli y Medina Sidonia.

In a sentence

El Guadalmedina casi siempre va seco.

The Guadalmedina is almost always dry.

وَادِي المَدِينَة جَافّ في أَغْلَب الأَوْقَات.

More words from the root و د ي

Guadalajara

city in Castilla-La Mancha; also Mexico's second city, which took its name from the Spanish one · ciudad de Castilla-La Mancha; también la segunda ciudad de México, que tomó el nombre de la española

Certain

وَادِي الحِجَارَةwādī al-ḥijāra

Places

Guadalquivir

great river of Andalusia that flows through Córdoba and Seville · gran río de Andalucía que pasa por Córdoba y Sevilla

Certain

الوَادِي الكَبِيرal-wādī al-kabīr

Places

Guadalupe

town and monastery in Extremadura; its Virgin gave her name to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico · pueblo y monasterio de Extremadura; su Virgen dio nombre a la de Guadalupe de México

Disputed

وَادِيwādī

Places

Guadarrama

mountain range and river north of Madrid · sierra y río al norte de Madrid

Disputed

وَادِي الرَّمْلwādī ar-raml

Places

Guadiana

river that rises in La Mancha and marks the border with Portugal · río que nace en La Mancha y marca la frontera con Portugal

Certain

وَادِي آنَةwādī āna